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Executive decision
Hasan Askari Rizvi
Army's need for ownership of military operations has created an interdependence between civilian and military leadership
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Kayani holds the cards
Imtiaz Gul
Has the Obama administration succeeded in managing all the key players in Pakistan's ruling matrix? Are Asif Zardari, Premier Gilani, Gen Kayani are all happy because they all can coexist until 2013 under international guarantees?
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Strategic and (then) real!
Ejaz Haider
Strategic is not about discussing a range of issues, especially when in the shadows lurks one issue that can walk into the room and eclipse everything else
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The “do more” mantra
Shaukat Piracha
Admiral Mullen asked for action against LeT; Richard Holbrooke sought cooperation against the Haqqani group for peace in Afghanistan; and Clinton emphasised that Osama Bin Laden and Mullah Omar hiding in Pakistan
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Return of Richard Holbrooke
Saeed Naqvi
The six hour long donors' moot in Kabul was a way for the delusional participants to reassure the world that their efforts on Afghanistan might bear fruit
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Interpreting the extension
Khaled Ahmed
Those who want Kayani to retire and not take the extension are rightfully purist about how the country should run under democracy while the 'realists' who want him retained for another three years are also right; hence the heated debate
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Pakistan: A catalyst for regional trade?
Safiya Aftab
Analyses the potential benefits of ATT and questions the conventional
wisdom of Pakistani bureaucrats, analysts and economists
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Af-Pak Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA)
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Unpacking ‘Punjabi Taliban’
In Part IV of this series, Muhammad Amir Rana expl
A recently released report, quoting intelligence sources, claims that around 17 banned terrorist organizations are operating in the Punjab, but independent sources claim that there are more then 37 groups operating as
Punjabi Taliban
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What the critics say
Sher Ali Khan
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Internal and external pressure
Mubasher Bukhari
Extension for a full term of Gen Kayani's term by top echelons of the
PPP was made under internal and external pressure and is still a
mystery in civil and military circles
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Damned be him who cries “Hold, enough!”
Iqbal Geoffrey’s
unexpurgated column on goings-on in the hallowed halls
of justice
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